Sticker dots, cut and paste, drawing and colour recognition are some of the daily stuff he's doing.
Sometimes I do number recognition with him, counting from one to ten.
Animal matching.
We have also done the alphabet puzzle. I'm quite surprised Nathanael can recognise some of the letters. I don't expect him to know much at this age but exposure is good for him and besides, he wants to and seems ready to learn.
Using the same approach with Zech, I leave Nathanael to learn the letters of the alphabet on his own though I read his favourite ABC book to him almost daily because he wants me to. He mainly learns his letters from his Leapfrog toy.
Nathanael's new Leapfrog toy. The Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set.
Realised that any Leapfrog product is great as my boys really learn from these electronic toys.
I've started Nathanael on some pre-writing activities as well. Besides drawing, he attempted do-a-dot pre-writing sheets.
In the afternoon, we usually have read aloud time. Zech will go through his word cards then read his reader. Then the boys take turns to choose books for me to read to them. Most of the time, they have similar reading interest. But Nathanael seems to enjoy reading concept and non-fiction books. His interest in fiction is rather restricted whereas Zech's reading diet is more balanced.
Some activities the boys enjoy doing together...
Dramatisation. One of the stories we have done was Moses crossing the Red Sea. The boys became the Israelites while Mummy acted as Moses. Here's a pic of them crossing the Red Sea. We dramatized the story a few times, as requested by the boys.
Finger painting.
Worshipping God during morning devotion.
The boys love using different instruments to sing. Besides the bongo and microphone, the other instrument they love is the ukulele.
So that's the beginning of Nathanael's homeschool journey. School sure starts early for the second child.
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